Port of Gdańsk opens T5 offshore installation terminal, bringing Baltica 2 logistics home from Bornholm

800 metres of deep-water quays for jack-ups

T5 will receive, unload, store, prepare and load out large wind turbine components, including monopiles. Its key asset is a roughly 450-metre outbound quay designed for the jack-up vessels that install turbines at sea, complemented by a 350-metre inbound quay and a 105-metre Ro-Ro berth for component deliveries. Quays and storage areas have been engineered for very high point loads, essential when handling the heaviest offshore structures. The government stressed at the opening that the terminal was delivered entirely by Polish companies, including the main contractor.

- Terminal T5 was built where until recently there was water. Poland has grown by 21 hectares. Symbolically we can say that we have more Poland, but we also have greater capabilities in offshore wind. Until recently we were just taking our first steps in this field, and today we are becoming an energy power in the Baltic - said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the opening ceremony.

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Arkadiusz Marchewka pointed to the 800 metres of new deep-water quays from which jack-ups will sail, adding that electricity from Poland's offshore wind farms will reach 2.5 million customers.

Baltica 2 first, BC-Wind next

Until now, components for Baltica 2, developed by PGE and Ørsted, were shipped out of Rønne in Denmark. In its first phase, T5 will handle logistics for Baltica 2, and Ocean Winds has signed a reservation agreement to use the terminal for its BC-Wind project in later stages. Having installation infrastructure close to the wind farm sites is expected to shorten transport, cut logistics costs and reduce the risk of schedule delays.

- Very soon, more than 107 wind turbines will set off from here to sea to build the Baltica 2 farm. We want to shape supply chains so that Polish workers and businesses benefit from these enormous investments - said Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański.

The terminal is designed to serve as an offshore wind installation base for at least 10 to 15 years. After that, the 21.3 hectares can be redeveloped to meet the port's cargo-handling needs, giving the energy transition investment a long-term commercial afterlife.

- Today's opening of terminal T5 is not just the completion of another infrastructure investment. Above all, it is a symbol of a bold look into the future - said Dorota Pyć, President of the Port of Gdańsk Authority.